ewing in the hit cbs show dallas. fans placed flowers on larry hagman's hollywood star after learning the actor died friday at the age of 81. >> come on out, genie. >> hagman rose to game as good-natured astronaut anthony nelson in the 60s tv show i dream of jeannie. >> hagman came from a show business family. his mother was broadway star mary martin who was famous for her role as peter pan. >> i used ewing oil money to support you. >> hagman was candid about his personal life, acknowledging years of heavy drinking that so damaged his liver he eventually needed a transplant. >> now, i don't expect you to make those kind of decisions for me. >> after many years of smoking, hagman quit and was a smoking nonsmoking advocate. >> his wife of nearly six decades has alzheimer's disease and he was battling throat cancer. >> you are still the prettiest girl at the ball. >> but hagman's spirit never facility erred, earlier this year, .. dallas with was revised as a new series in tnt in a appearance on cbs, he told jeff glor of